NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Xu v Fortune Sydney Realty Pty Limited [2006] NSWDC 158
HEARING DATE(S): 28-30 November, 1 & 4 December 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 December 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Rein SC DCJ
DECISION: See [70].
CATCHWORDS: Real estate agent acting on behalf of vendor - Whether misrepresentations were made as to "cheap price" and affordability to plaintiff - Claim of unconscionable conduct in breach of s 51AA Trade Practices Act - Valuation evidence of both plaintiff and defendants held to be unreliable - Liability of principal for agent's breaches of s 52 Trade Practices Act considered
LEGISLATION CITED: Trade Practices Act 1974, ss 51AA, 52, 82, 84
Aliotta v Broadmeadows Bus Service Pty Ltd (1988) 65 LGRA 362; (1988) ATPR 40-873 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Producers & Citizens Co-operative Assurance Co of Australia Ltd (1931) 46 CLR 41 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (1982) 43 ALR 313 CASES CITED: Havyn Pty Ltd v Webster (2005) 12 BPR 22,837; [2005] NSWCA 182 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459; [2001] HCA 52 I & L Securities Pty Ltd v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Ltd (2002) 210 CLR 109; [2002] HCA 41 Martin v Osborne (1936) 42 ALR 261 Scott v Davis (2000) 204 CLR 333; [2000] HCA 52 Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd (2006) 227 ALR 46; [2006] HCA 19 Treloar v Ivory (1991) 4 WAR 318; (1991) ATPR 41-123
Fei Xu (Plaintiff) Fortune Sydney Realty Pty Limited (First Defendant/Cross-Defendant) PARTIES: Marcello Gabalone (Second Defendant/Cross-Defendant) Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd (Third Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Grace Huang (Cross-Defendant)
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